Poultry-feeder.



No. 846,175. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

Z. XBVERS.

POULTRY FEEDER: APPLICATION4 FILED 00T.15, 1906.

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z. XBVE'RS.

POULTRY FEEDER. APPLIOATION FILED 00T.15. 1906.

PATBNTED MAR. 5, 1907.

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ZEACHARIAH XEVERS, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.`

POULTRY- Specification of Letters Patent.

FEEDER.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application leti October 15, `1906. Serial No. 339,052.

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Be it known thatl I, ZACHARXAH XnvERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Cruz, in the county of Santa Cruz' and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain` newA and useful Improvements in Poultryl"cedcrs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,v making a part of this specilication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has reference to that class of stock-feeders adapted for feeding poultry and small stoel; of whatever kind through the medium of a feed-reservoir which automatically supplies the feed to a suitable trough or receptacle; and the object thereof is to provide a feeder of this charaeterthat will be simple. in construction and in which the parts are readily separated and the feeder effective in its purpose.

The invention consists in a stock-feeder constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Ifigure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved stock-feeder; 1tig. 2, a sectional elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a sectional view when used without the speciallyconstructed feed-reservoir.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the feed-reservoir, which may be of any suitable ctnistruction, form, and size adapted for containing the feed-such as all kind of grain, either whole or crushed and either dry or moist. ormashed or soft food-as found desirable.

The hopperor reservoir A is provided with a suitable cover B, and said reservoir or hopper is provided with standards (I suit-ably connected thereto and is provided with a.

circuitifercntial ilange u., extending inwardly.' and slightly on an incline for attaching the l suNHy-conduit l) thereto through the niedium of the brackets o on the condttit and t the bolts` c and nuts d or b v any other in xans found best adapted to the purpose that will l admit of the reservoir .or hopper and the i supply-conduit being detached and separated from each other.

The feed reservoir or hopper A has a suitable brace e extending diametrically across the same and has upturned llangcsftor at'- taching to the inner side of the feed reservoir orhonper.

The rod supports a trough l?, said trough being composed of sheet metal or other pre-- ferred material and so constructed as to present. a plurality of projecting spouts g for obtaining access to the interior otthe trough. Suitablyconneeted to the trough I" is a guidesleeve having a plurality of openings or cut-away portions, as indicated at h, in number to correspond with the number of spouts g and are disposed directly opposite the same, so as to allow access to the feed in the trough by the poultry or small stock.

The central brace or supporting rod E has a head k at its lower end to supportl the trough I" and is screw-threaded at its upper end, ywhich extends through the brace e and yhas engaging with the screw-threaded end of the rod a nutfi, with hand-lever j, whereby the feed-trough may be raised or lowered toy regulate the supply of feed to the trough in any desired quantity, the vertical adjustment of the fee d-trough increasing or diminishing the space between the lower edge of the conduit D and the bottom of the trough, and consequently governing the quantity of feed supplied thereto.

In place of the specially-constructed reservoir or hopper A, as hereinbefore described, the device may be placed upon the market without the same, and in such case provision is made for the adjustability of the feedtrough from the bottom thereof. The means preferably used resides in the hanger l,suit ably connected to the side wall of the conduit I), and a hooked screw-rod 1n, engaging the hanger and extending down through the Vbottom ofthe trough F, and a similar nut n, with lever o, is provid-ed, as shown in lfig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the feed-trough may be raised or lowered for the purpose hereinbefore described.

In order to more etlectually stea dy the regulating-rod E, a cross-bar p is secured t'o the lower end of the conduit l), through which said rod passes, as shown in Fig. 2 of th drawings. l

In describing the several details of construction many changes or moditicationsniay be made therein without departing from the essential features ofthe invention.

llaving now fully described my invention, what vl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is W- .l. .l poultry-fecdcr, comprising a stationary conduit, a feed-trough having a plurality of ontwzez'flly-moliccting. spouts, a guide- IOC sleeve encircling the lower end of Llie conduit and scoured to the trough and hex/ing a plu-- raliby ol cut-away portions or openings disposed opposite the spouts, and means foi vertically adjusting the trough with rele tion to the conduit, substantially as and for the purpose setj forth.

2. A poultryeeder, comprising,r a, Staiionary conduit.y :i feed-trough having o plurality ol' spouts, a guide-sleeve secured to the trough and having openings or ou. away portions disposed opposite the spoui'sl and meer for vertically `fidjustingf the trough with relation Lo the eonduit, consisting of e hanger dey pending from the ronduit, a, sorew-rod engaging Jolie hanger and extending` through the trough, and a regulating-nut engaging said rod, sulistmitially as and for the purpose doscribed.

'In testimony whereof I `ii'IiX my signature 2o in presence of two witnesses.

ZAUHARIAH XE'YERS.

l'itnesses:

E. WV. LEONARD, C. H. ARCAN. 

